US nuclear forensics skill at risk, says report
New York Times
Physics helps father-daughter team prevail in soapbox derby
Rockford Register Star
Ocean greenery under warming stress
Nature
Building better space robots
Science
US TEAM SCOOPS 1 GOLD, 2 SILVER, AND 2 BRONZE MEDALS AT INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS COMPETITION
American Association of Physics Teachers
Miklos Porkolab, Dmitri Ryutov to receive distinguished career awards
Physics Today
Appointment of Dr. Beth Cunningham as Next AAPT Executive Officer
American Association of Physics Teachers
NanoScience + Engineering 2010 - Part of SPIE Optics + Photonics
August 1, 2010 - August 5, 2010Solar Energy + Applications 2010 - Part of SPIE Optics + Photonics
August 1, 2010 - August 5, 2010Photonic Devices + Applications 2010 -Part of SPIE Optics + Photonics
August 1, 2010 - August 5, 2010Elihu Boldt
15 July 1931 - 12 September 2008
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD
Brian Pippard
07 September 1920 - 21 September 2008
Cambridge University
Cambridge, UK
In the Magazine July 2010
Working toward a world without nuclear weapons
Limiting the number of warheads is a good beginning, but getting to the end state calls for new thinking. Six specific steps can start us down that path
Touring the atmosphere aboard the A-Train
A convoy of satellites orbiting Earth measures cloud properties, greenhouse gas concentrations, and more to provide a multifaceted perspective on the processes that affect climate
Obama’s nuclear weapons agenda is on multiple rapid tracks
Nonproliferation moves to the top of the president’s priority list; a new arms treaty with Moscow, a summit on nuclear security, and a UN disarmament conference cap a nuclear spring
Airport checkpoint technologies take off
From bench-top instruments to full-body scanners, the US government is testing new equipment to screen humans for explosives
Power and spin in the beautiful game
After a ball leaves a soccer player’s foot, surface roughness and asymmetric air forces contribute to some jaw-dropping trajectories
Physics Update
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